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Volume 58
BUTLER, Taylor County, GEORGIA, Thursday May 31,1934
Number 30
Baby Registration
Campaign Underway
As Harris Memorial
I,.* c.uiity,
Registration of every baby in Tay-
KeK well as throughout
the past 12
bureau to
Senator Wm. J. Harris, a
Extension Service
Canning Campaign
Scheduled In June
A one-day canning institute for
Taylor county will be held at the
courthouse in Butler on June 12th.
Miss Leonora Anderson, home den m-
stration agent for this county an
nounced yesterday.
An intensive home canning cam
paign for Georgia to open June 1
and continue for a month, has been
announced by University ,of Geor
gia Agricultural Extension service.
One day canning institutes will be
conducted in every county ofthe state
by the home economics staff of the
extension service. These institutes,
designed to teach better methods of
canning are being sponsored in the
various counties by the county farm
and home demonstration agents, in
cooperation with civic organizations.
All interested persons are invited.
There is need for an increase in
the quatities of foods canned for
home use, say extension nutritionists
who will conduct the institutes. Based
on records kept by the home demon
stration .club members in 1933, 13,000
women canned 1,989,000 quarts of
fruits and vegetables, but this
amount provided only 56 per cent of
the canned foods needed by these
13,000 families, they pointed out.
An increase of 40 per cent in the
quantity of foods canned Is needed
„ wnttl .s is the object of a camp gn
" ,' launched in Georgia this week
i he U. S. Bureau of the Census in
cooperation with the Georgia .state
board health. ... T
The campaign, according to W. L.
Austin, director of the census, >= »
memorial of the census
late Senatoi ..
director of the bureau, and
tier of the vital statistics in Geor-
t, can think of mo more fitting
Lemorial to this great American and
C, t Georgian," said Mr. Austin in
Kington last week. “He took a
Ler.tr interest in the registration of
Children than any one I know of, and
I is my delight to honor him who
was my choice personal friend in this
Farlv this week, several thousand
Icarils—one for every family in Tay-
lor county—were placed in the mails.
iFamilies are requested to fill out
Ithese cards and drop them back into
Itiie' mails. No postage is required-
■ just the information. The cards then
Twill be referred to the Georgia state
(board of health where they will be
checked against birth registration
registered fsouv^nir %rtificate° wiU t( ? in / ur « an adequate diet, for Geor-
registereu, a. tv ,„ eia families during the winter, the
■ he S er.t to the parents of the baby,
lit the birth is not registered, then
1 steps will be taken to have it regis-
Itercd and a souvenir certificate sent
Georgia is the only state in the
1 nation to he thus honored by the
1 special attention of the bureau of
I the census, and Dr. T. F. Abercrom-
•hie, director of public health, is
(hopeful that every person receiving
la card will fill it out and return it
(early in the week. Under the federal
■law, the campaign must close June
130.
I Credit Corporation
Has Made Many
loans to Farmers
The production credit association
I has made 185 loans to farmers and
1 stockmen of Pike, Upson, Lamar and
I Taylor counties since recent organ-
I ization, according to a statement re-
I cently made by Mr. Summers, secre
tary-treasurer of the association.
While the minimum amount of a
[production loan is $50, Mr. Summers
Isays that the average-sized loan is
[for several hundred dollars, and a
[number of production loans up
| to 51,000 or more have been handled
So far most of these loans are be-
|ing used by farmers in this vicinity
purchase livestock, work-stock,
[seed, fertlizer and farming supplies,
[although Mr. Summers says that in
[several instances farmers have speci-
Ifieil in their applications that a part
|of the money was to be used to hire
labor, or pay off an indebtedness in-
lcurred for agricultural purposes.
I The present interest rate of 5 1-2
Iter cent ner annum on production
|™np is charged only for the time
I™ aonev is being used, and is pay-
. a at the end of the term of the
|™m. Mr. Summers says that some
[farmers are saving anywhere from
I one-fourth to one-half on interest
[tosts by obtaining loans on an in-
| s ™taent basis, having the money
[advance;] t 0 them in amounts as
| eeded during the season. Loans
jinrough the association are made for
I" 11 phases of agricultural financing
| incident to a farm production. These
. rar| ge ordinarily from 3 to 12
I witns denending on the length of
I 'me reouired for the borrower to
11 "d market his crops, livestock
Imi'r I rW ’ se Tla ^ ^ oan aR rP "
I as'tb l?erta ’ n cases, loans such
Irani e on dairy cattle or breeding
Inn r mav extended longer, but
| 0 for more than throe years. Pri-
, ■ security for these loans consists
cron liens and chattel mortgages.
roni 'ts office in Thomaston the
iu., . If) n nnerates through reure-
W Ves ir| t ' ie f° ur counties of its
lw lnrv * association was organ-
. under the Farm Credit Admin-
[ fj'|?^ nn winter and is intended
I ojltn f a r ’ Pr _ rn ' , nent source of ae-ri-
section.
Permanent source _
and livestock credit for this
R,nS Tn PAVE MACON-
COLUMBUS ROAD SOUGHT
i Warmth —Another step to-
1 Whwi v e f Com P' et ’ on °*’ an all-paved
I *«» takMacon to Columbus
1 WwJ ? 'Wednesday by the state
1 * r ‘ r f bnar d when it issued a call
I of ike \r° r tap T,avln K of 5.613 miles
ain- f,,.' a<, °.’}" < ^ 0 ' urn bus route, begin-
1 «Min e Z P|ues east of Knoxville and
Ntn.'r t f ’ ;h e Bibh county line. The
June 7 I0r this work is to he let on
v ei °es S m e S t tl ’? lat ^ th at some 4,000
29, to JL Th ° maston Tuesday,
the : brate the anniveranrv
Pf iS ng ^the
anniversary
emancipation
gia families during the winter,
nutritionists declared.
The canning program being in
itiated by the Agricultural Extension
service is a feature of the Live-at-
Home program. This program, aided
by agricultural adjustment admin
istration activities, promises much in
economic -“coverv, it was added.
According to the nutritionists, it
insures both health and economic se
curity.
Credit Administration
Rounds Out First Year’s
Work Financing Farmers
As the Farm Credit Administration
rounds out its first year’s work Pro
duction Credit Commissioner S M.
Garwood reports that the farmers’
production credit association, which
were organized last winter and be
gan to do business in volume in April
have handled about $44,500,000 of
spring financing .
“The associations have advanced
$27,300,000 of this amount,” Mr. Gar
wood said, “and the balance of $17,-
200,000 has been allocated to the ac
counts of borrowers. Most of this
balance goes to farmers who are get
ting their loans in a series of pay
ments during the season, so they will
have the money when they need it
and meanwhile save on interest
charges.
“Most of the loans made this
spring have been for crop produc
tion,” Mr. Garwood continued, “and
while the spring seasonal demand
for crop poduction loans has now
passed its peak, the gradual increase
in the size of loans indicates that
farmers and stockmen are turning
their attention to livestock loans and
loans for general faming purposes.
“The extremely low cost of money
this spring is very encouraging to
new agricultural financing. The pro
duction credit associations have been
able to reduce the interest rates on
new loans to 5 per cent; and this lac-
tor is enabling many farmers to get
loans who up until now have post
poned the purchase of needed work
stock, horses, equipment, machinery,
repairs and improvements.
“Such loans must be secured by
first liens on sufficient live stock or
equipment, owned or purchased, to
secure the loan adequately ”
J. Gordon Bullock
Expires In Miami
“J. Gorman Bullack, 49, former Ma
con merchant, died at his residence in
Miami, Fla., at 11 a. m. yesterday,
after an illness of six months.
“Mr. Bullock was bom in Macon
and had spent most of his life there
until he left to make his home in
Miami 17 years ago. He was engaged
in the grocery business there many
years and was active in the civic, fra
ternal and religious life of the city.
He was a member of the Wolihin
Hodge, F. and A. M., and of the
Methodist church.
“Surviving Mr. Bullock are his wife
the former Miss Maude Rogers, oi
Reynolds; two daughters, Mrs. Fred
Patton and Mrs. Arnold Haslington,
Miami; four sisters, Mrs. J. S. Frank,
Mrs. J. R. Lemmond and Mrs. D. P
McArthur, Miami, and Mrs N. L.
Warren, of Atlanta; one brother, K.
G Bullock, Miami; several nieces and
nephews. , . .
“The body was sent from Miami to
Macon where funeral services were
held Wednesday. Interment in River
side cemetery and a Masonic service
was conducted at the grave.”
Wife And Sister-in-Law
Of Murdered Man Arrested
Saturday In Coulter Killing
As an aftermath to the horrible
tragedy that occurred at the home of
Mr. C. J. (Charlie) Coulter Sunday a
week ago when Mr. Coulter was shot
from ambush and almost instantly
killed in the yard of his own home,
an account ,of which was published in
our last issue, Mrs. Coulter, wife of
the slain man, and her sister, Mrs.
Dora Boston, were arrested Saturday
under warrants issued by the coroner
of Taylor county and in which the
two women are charged with being
accessories to the crime.
Unable to furnish boYid Mrs. Bos
ton is confined in the Taylor county
jail, as is also Mr. Jesse Smith,
neighbor of the Coulters, who
charged with the actual murder of
Mr. Coulter by shooting him \vith a
single-barrel shot gun.
Mrs. Coulter, sister of Mrs. Boston,
also a resident of the same communi
ty, has not been placed in Jail, but
was permitted to return to her home
where she is needed to care for
infant child.
Other arrests in the case are an
ticipated in the near future, according
to the advice of the sheriff. What fu
ture developments may show are ugly
in the extreme, according to reports
of conditions prior and m) to the time
Mr. Coulter, an industrious farmer,
was killed.
None of the parties under arrest
have sought to secure legal help nor
have they asked for a commitment
hearing. Since court will not he ir
session until October no further ac
tion will orobablv be taken in the
case until that time.
Interest on Loans by
Credit Corporation Is
Reduced to 5 Percent
Mr. Riley Summers, secretary-
treasurer of the Thomaston Produc
tion Credit Association nas just re
ceived word from Governor W. I.
Myers of the Farm Credit Adminis
tration in Washington, D C., that
the interest rate on new loans from
production credit associations has
been reduced from 5 1-2 to 5 per cent.
According to Mr. Summers the new
5 per cent interest rate becomes ef
fective immediately on all new loans
and advances made by the associa
tion and will be applicable until fur
ther notice.
The new interest rate of 5 per
Commencement Exercises In
clude as Speaker and Preacher
Dr. Collins And Rev. Ethridge
Plans fur the closing exercises of
the Butler high school are taking
definite and most satisfactory snape
under the able leadersnip of Superin
tendent Charles R. Brown, who ail-
vised the Herald yesterday that he
had been fortunate in securing as
speaker for the graduating exercises
on Monday night, June 18th, Dr. M.
D. Collins, State Superintendent of
schools.
Of equal importance is the an
nouncement by Prof. Brown that Rev.
Herbert Ethridge, pastor of East
Highlands Methodist church, Colum
bus, will preach the commencement
sermon at the high school auditorium
Sunday morning, June 17th.
Other exercises in connection with
the closing'of the term will be an
nounced in these columns later.
This has been one of the best years
in the history of the local school with
a very large and most studious body,
and a faculty that cannot be
celled in extending co-operation each
member with the other.
The senior class has a membership
of 36 most promising young men and
women and they are looking forward
to this auspicious occasion with
small degree of interest.
C. H. D. Council To
Meet In Butler Saturday
A meeting of the County H.o()ie
Demonstration Council will be held
in the office of the Home Demonstra
tion Agent on Saturday, June 2, it
2:30 p. m. The Council is composed <V
officers of the Community Clubs an#
one appointed from each club total
ing thirty-two members.
The members are as follows, Mrs.
C. B. Byrd, Miss Florence Wain-
wright, Miss Pauline Spillers, Mrs. R.
C Peterman, Mrs. Elbert Posey, Mrs
E. H. Perkins, Mrs. D. E. Byrd, Miss
Marie Montgomery, Mrs. R. L
Brown, Mrs L. H. Vanlandingham,
Mrs. G. Z. Young, Mrs. J. E. Brown,
Mrs D. W. Culverhouse, Mis. L. R.
Pike,, Miss Rita Peacock, Mrs. Joe
Wilder, Mrs. R. D. Waller, Mrs. W. 1
Rustin, Mrs J. E. Locke, Mrs. Ed
Hollis, Mrs. Margaret Chapman, Mrs.
L. T. Peed, Mrs. D. E. McCorvey,
Nr. W. A. Payne Accepts
Ford Motor Agency
For Taylor County
Of special interest to the public is
the announcement that Mr. W. A.
Payne has accepted the agency for
Taylor county for Ford automobiles,
Fordsons and Ford parts. A full line
of the products of the Ford Motor
Co. will in a short time be on exhibi
tion at the new show room of Mr.
Payne now under construction on the
site familiarly known as the Paul
Jones garage.
A sub-agency of the Ford Motor
Company has sufficed for the past
several months in supplying the needs
of the local public in this popular
low priced car, but the demand hav
ing increased to the extent that undi
vided interest'was deemed necessary
andthe parent company was,therefore
fortunate in securing business con
nection with Mr. Payne who has had
many years’ experience in automobile
salesmanship and is nn authority on
the best machinery for road or farm
use.
Every type of car or truck assem
bled by the Ford Motor Co., will be
or. exhibition at Mr. Payne’s new
quarters. In addition to sales Mr.
Payne will operate a complete repair
department with experienced me
chanics ready at all times to serve
the public either in making repairs
or supplying parts.
‘Butler feels herself fortunate in
securing this enlarged motor service
and extends to Mr. Pavne and his as
sociates their thanks for making it
possible for them to obtain the same
'ccommodation here as at general
headquarters or even at the factory.
Mark Bolding, Near Relative
of M. A. Bolding Former Butler
Citizen, Dies In Atlanta
Atlanta, Ga., May 24.—Mr. Mark
Bolding, 56, prominent Atlanta at
torney, died early Wednesday at s
private sanitarium after an illness of
only a week,
Assistant attorney general under
Governor Clifford Walker, Mr. Bold
ing was Widely known among po
litical and legal circles throughout
Georgia and the south. He had prac
Mrs.' F. C.’ Jarrell, Mrs.' Ab Jarrell ticed ^ ia South Georgia before
Mrs. Carey I’inkard, Miss Mary
Suggs, Miss Lois Heath, Mrs. O. M.
Bazemore, Mrs. C. C. Heath, Mrs.
Mack Turner, Mrs. W. A. Payne,
cent will not affect loans already ad- Mrs. W. Mack Mathews, and Mrs.
vanced in full,” Mr. Summers said, j T. B. Joine.r
“These will continue to bear the rate
of interest -prevailing at the time the
loan was closd. The interest charges
on loans from the association are
collected when the loans mature. The
Thomaston association is now making
loans on acceptable crop and chattel
security to farmers in Pike, Lamar,
Upson and Taylor counties
"The reduction of the interest to 5
per cent on new loans,” Mr. Summers
continued, “is made possible by a re
cent sale of Federal Intermediate
Credit Bank debentures to investors
at an unusually low rate of interest.
The association gets money to lend
farmers from the Federal interme
diate credit bank of Columbia, S. C.
“The lowering of the interest rate
on new loans to 5 per cent is the sec
ond reduction in two months, the
rate having -been reduced from 6 to
6 1-2 per cent on March 16.
“According to Governor Myers,”
said Mr. Summers, the Federal inter
mediate .credit bank is passing on
immediately to farmer-borrowers
from production credit association
the saving made possible by lower
cost of getting money. The confidence
of investors in the security of the in
termediate credit banks has been such
that the banks are able to get money
to lend at the lowest discount rate in
their history. Governor Myers says
that the resulting low rate of interest
on production credit association loans
is enabling farmer-borrowers to
save thousands of dollars on the cost
of their farming operations this
year If the associations make sound
loans, and loans that are collectible,
an adequate supply of low cost mon
ey will continue to be available.”
FIRST CRATE OF PEACHES
SHIPPED FROM GA.
Macon, Ga., May 23.—The first
crate of Georgia peaches for this
Condition of Mrs. L. R. Adams
Reported Satisfactory Fol
lowing Appendix Operation
Unexpectedly to many of our citi
zens Mrs. Eve Adams, wife of Mr. L.
R. Adams, cashier of the Citizens
State Bank, was carried to the Co
lumbus hospital for an emergency
appendix operation Friday night last,
which was successfully performed by
experts in that line and since which
time Mrs. Adams has been improving
nicely.
U. D. C. OFFICERS CHOSEN
Ellavilie, Ga., May 25.—At a recent
meeting of the Sarah E. Homady
chapter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy, the following were
named as officers for the coming
year: President, Mrs. J. R. Jordan;
vice president, Mrs. H. J. Williams;
recording secretary, Mrs. S. C. Col
lins; corresponding secretary, Mrs.
Addie S. Munro; registrar, Mrs. T.
A. -Collins; < historian, Miss Mary
Hornady; treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Oliv-
Chambers Term Recessed
Until Later In June
In Re: Motions, Demurrers, Etc.,
Taylor Superior Court:
Whereas, by proper order passed
during term time of Taylor Superior
, . , ... , , , 1 Court, said court was recessed -until
season was shipped Wednesday by ex-, the second d of j un6i 1934) and al]
nvoco r vr» wi H nrf \/alm\i to I .ninonn 1 . * i
press from Fort Valley, to Chicago
The crate was of the Mayflower va
riety from the orchard of E. W. Bow
man. The size is much better than
usual.
On the same train O. J. Bateman,
Inc, Byron, shipped two crates of
Mountain Rose, to a New York firm.
FIRST PEACH - SHIPMENT
Thomaston, Ga., May 28.—E. P.
Black and Son, Monday shipped the
first crate of peaches this year from
a Thomaston orchard. They were
consigned to Floyd Kyte, of Kansas
City. It is understood that other sales
will follow in a short time.
motions, demurrers, etc., were set
for hearing on that date.
Now, it appearing that it will be
impractical to have said hearings on
that date, it is considered, ordered
and adjudged that all motions for
new trial, demurrers, and prelimi
nary motions, and all other matters
set for hearing on said date, be and
are hereby continued until June 11,
j 1934, beginning at ten o’clock a m
' at Butler, Georgia, and the Clerk ol
the Superior Court of Taylor county
is hereby directed and authorized to
notify all parties accordingly.
This May 28, 1934.
c. f. McLaughlin,
Judge S. C. C. C.
coming to Atlanta, and was at one
time in partnership with' Senator
Walter F. George.
Born in Sonoraville, near Calhoun,
Ga., Oct. 12, 1877, he was educated
at Mercer University, from which he
was graduated in 1900, obtaining his
law degree two years later. He then
taught school in Pelham and in Tif-
ton before devoting his time entirely
to law.
After his removal to Atlanta, Mr.
Bolding practiced in offices with Vvil-
liam S. Howard and during the World
War became associated with the firm
known as Heyman, Bolding and Hey-
man, where he remained until his
death.
Mrs. J. J. Windham Has
Rallied From Recent
Dangerous Illness
As was stated in our last issue the
condition of Mrs. J. J. Windham was
such as to cause alarm among her
relatives and friends. Since that time,
however, her condition has taken a
decided change for better and with
out another set-back or further com
plications there is every encourage
ment to believe that she will soon re-
Preaching at Mt. Pisgah
Next Sunday Morning;
Singing In Afternoon
On Sunday morning, June 3rd,
there will be preaching services at
Mt. Pisgah church at 11 o’clock, con
ducted by Rev. J. E. Pate, pastor of
the Butler Baptist church.
Immediately after services there
will be a short church conference for
the nurpnse of calling a pastor for
the church A large congregation will
be very much appreciated. It is urg-
entlv requested that a full attendance
of the church membership be present
at this service.
Sunday school will begin at 10
o’clock a. m.
The reeular Sunday afternoon sing
ing will begin at 2 o’clock in the af
ternoon. All singers as well as lovers
of good vocal music are cordially .n-
vited.
—Pulpit Committee.
LOST: Black English Terrier
duddv answers to the name of
’’Cricket”. Finder nlease return to,
LaROY GEE, Butler, Ga.
Truck Loaded With Negroes
Sideswiped by Another Truck
One Killed Three Injured
Returning from their annual
emancipation celebration at Thomas
ton Tuesday night about forty ne
groes as passengers ion a local trans
portation truck were side-swiped by
another truck, north bound, resulting
in the death of one of the negroes
and serious injury of three others
The dead, Fed Gibson, a well
known negro of this community,
about 30 years of age, killed instant
ly.
Injured, Lucius Turner, condition
serious from internal injuries; Ru
fus Durham, broken arm; Rubin El
der, number of severe cuts and bruis
es. Is in local hospital for medical at
tention.
The accident occurred about one
mile north of Swift creek in Upson
county.
Responsibility for the accident has
not yet been fixed, although s
thorough investigation is being con
ducted by Upson county officers.
Wholesale Raid Made Oi
Meat Houses and Poultry
Yards Here Monday Nigh
One of the boldest and most syste
matic rooberies e\er taking place in
Butler occurred Monday night and of
a different character ever recorded
here in which a house-to-house yisit
to homes on both sides of the street
leading south from the public square
was made by a band of thieves ap
parently with a lion’s appetite and
that only for the choicest in the
meat line.
They made a clean sweep of choice
hams, shoulders and sides that had
been carefully cured during the past
winter at places visited as well as
emptying fowl houses of everything
that resembled a chicken from broiler
size to mother hens and old grand-
dadies.
Those contributing to the hungry
hounds in number nine shoes includ
ed Mrs. W. G. Hill with thirty of her
choice friers and fourteen highly
prizd hens; Miss Georgie Gill, thirty
hens of her own raising; Mr. Emmett
Daugherty, number not definitely
known, but all that he had and sev
eral hundred pounds of meat; Mr.
Paul Jones, ten hens, five hams, seven
=honlders ard h number of sides.
Tracks corresponding to those at
the above planes were found early
Tuesday morning at other places on
the same street but nothing molested
since they were not so fortunate as
their neighbors in possessing the
obip-ts of the ouest of t^e thieves.
As soon as notified parly Tuesday
morning Sheriff McOuffin got busy on
the case and believes that he has
sufficient evidence to make it some
what troublesome for parties h* an
adjoining county with several arrests
likely to follow before the end of the
week.
Singing At Union Church
Last Sunday Proved
Most Enjoyable Occasioi
On Sunday, May 27, in addition to
the regular monthly service at Union
(Camp Ground), an all-day singing
was enjoyed. Mr. John M. Cox, presi
dent of the Taylor County Singing
Convention, who has often demon
strated his ability to arrange an in
teresting singing program, again
proved that he knows what singers
and an audience enjoy; and he did
not lack for leaders. Among the
leaders on this .occasion were such
music lovers as faithful Bro. Tom
Gostin, of Reynolds; Prof. Sutton, of
Fort Valley; Dr. Stewart and Mr.
Allmon. of Ellavilie; and others whom
we shall not mention due to lack of
space. Of course we are not mention
ing such local leaders as Messrs
Barney McDaniel, Bob Mclnvale,
Charlie Simmons, and others whom
we “all "home boys’.’
The singers were accompanied at
the piano by Miss Sutton, Miss Pea-
cork. Miss Mctrvale, and others
which, in itself is enough to stamp
the singing as a success. ,
It would only be superfluous to say
that the occasion was enjoyable after
giving the above information as
.•’hoir leaders and instrumental mu-
“OLD MAID’S
AT CROSS
CONVENTION’*
ROADS JUNE «
The Cross Roads Woman’s Home
Demonstration Club will have “The
Old Maid’s Convention” at the school
building in that community on Fri
day evening June 8th beginning at S
o’clock. The public is cordially invitr
ed. Admission 10c and 16c.